Eijsermans family tree » Margaretha Josephina (Greet) Janssens (1917-1985)

Birthday July 10, 1917

• The temperature on July 10, 1917 was between 12.2 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 5.1 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1917: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
  • January 19 » Silvertown explosion: A blast at a munitions factory in London kills 73 and injures over 400. The resulting fire causes over £2,000,000 worth of damage.
  • March 16 » World War I: A German auxiliary cruiser is sunk in the Action of 16 March 1917.
  • April 16 » Vladimir Lenin returns to Petrograd, Russia, from exile in Switzerland.
  • October 15 » World War I: Dutch dancer Mata Hari is executed by France for espionage.
  • December 12 » Father Edward J. Flanagan founds Boys Town as a farm village for wayward boys.
  • December 18 » The resolution containing the language of the Eighteenth Amendment to enact Prohibition is passed by the United States Congress.

Source: Wikipedia

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